THIS clash every season produces more or less the same result and your correspondent can almost write the match report before the game starts.

The recreation ground is unique, being on a severe slope with a constant wind blowing up the valley, so blowing uphill.

Ynysybwl always play downhill in the first half and pin Llantwit into the corners and then use the wind skilfully in the second half to get themselves uphill.

Llantwit try to kick themselves uphill in the first half, unsuccessfully misjudging the wind and kicking straight into touch, and fail to pin their opponents down to the corners in the second half.

So it was on Saturday that the Bwl scored a converted try and penalty in the first half and it wasn’t until the 20th minute of the game that Fardre managed to get to the top of the hill to score their only points of the game from a Jason Pocock penalty.

The referee lost control of the game briefly when he allowed Bwl to take a quick throw using a new ball. The ensuing argument lead to a yellow card to players from each side and a scored penalty kick to the men in red.

As the rain got heavier, Kieran Evans made Fardre’s only real break of the game, coming up short after a try-scoring tackle that was quickly followed by the half time whistle.

The second half was wet and dismal with neither team coming to life but with Bwl used the conditions wisely with Greg Rees converting a huge penalty from way within his own half followed by a drop goal to seal the win.